November 23, 2002 (Saturday)
- In the Netherlands, Volkert van der Graaf confessed to the murder of Pim Fortuyn. He said he acted alone and did it to protect vulnerable groups in society.
- Following riots and killings in Nigeria, Miss World contest organizers leave and reconvene in London
- 2002 Ecuadorian elections: In the presidential runoff election, former coup leader and left-leaning soldier Lucio Gutiérrez of the January 21 Patriotic Society Party/Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country receives 54.4% of the vote to become the next president of Ecuador, defeating Álvaro Noboa of the Institutional Renewal Party of National Action, who receives 45.2% of the vote.